Midlifing

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee start talking about how the pandemic has shown their characters and Lee suspects he has joined the great resignation. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Kath and Kim 'look at me': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSMmxyGeEb4 I am legion and we are many: https://biblehub.com/mark/5-9.htm Whitman,...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon start by livin' on a prayer but the conversation gets tainted by hope, disappointment and despair. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): taint: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=To%20Taint Boosey & Hawkes: https://www.boosey.com spit valve etiquette: https://wilktone.com/?p=3440 Ball...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon deal with the fallout from episode 64 when some (faithful) listeners demand a public apology. They then talk about forgiveness. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Apple cider vinegar and hair: https://www.healthline.com/health/apple-cider-vinegar-hair Olive oil and hair: https://www.healthline.com/health...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about making new friends. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): making new friends as an adult: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/18/theres-no-easy-way-to-make-new-friends-as-an-adult-and-sometimes-our-friendships-can-feel-like-a-chore hamsters, covid and Hong Kong: https://www.bbc.co....

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about Conrad the seagull and (unrelated) how ambitions seem to change in mid-life. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Marie Kondo sparking joy: https://konmari.com/marie-kondo-rules-of-tidying-sparks-joy/ Bad Batch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Bad_Batch Seagull development: https://...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon indulge in a personality test (separately and together). (Sorry about Simon's crackly audio) Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Jon Kabat-Zinn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn don't know mind: https://jackkornfield.com/practice-dont-know-mind/ Novak Djokovic as political pawn to Sc...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon take Midlifing outside for a walk, and treat listeners to bonus airplanes, wind, traffic and heavy breathing. In the conversation, they try and answer the question, "What are you good at?" Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Gary Lineker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lineker Cristiano Rona...

Send us Fan Mail In between Christmas and New Year things get spooky when Lee confesses his undying (and somewhat middle class) love for M. R. James' ghost stories. Be afraid, be mildly afraid. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): M. R. James: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._James The Mezzotint: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pla...

Send us Fan Mail In part two of a two-part episode, Simon and Lee complete their reconstructed argument (about violence against women and responsibility) that was edited out of Episode 57 ("Trying to get back to normal"). They then reflect on part two as a way to wrap around the reconstruction. "Confused," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "confused." Get in touch with Le...

Send us Fan Mail In part one of a two-part episode, Simon and Lee attempt to reconstruct a heated argument (about violence against women and responsibility) that was edited out of Episode 57. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): The Shining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film) Palm Springs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode begins with a failure, descends into a very boring discussion of airline seating before being warmed up by Lee's new heating system. In other words, Simon and Lee are united in the same timezone (physically, not psychically). Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): economy 7 (refers to the num...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee dig into Lee's gallbladder before thinking through Simon's NZ buffer between being home and, well, being home home.  Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Simon's glamorous podcasting setup: https://www.skellis.net/midlifing/setup adventure racing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_raci...

Send us Fan Mail A hypothetical drunken situation (and necessary use of the subjunctive) forms the basis of some spoonerisms and a conversation about death cleaning and things that matter. Also, Simon talks to a newly deaf chocolate bunny. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Swedish death cleaning: https://www.realhomes.com/advice/swed...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about instability, letting go of cynicism, and being profligate with love. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): casket vs coffin: https://www.legacy.com/advice/what-is-the-difference-between-a-coffin-and-a-casket/ pīwakawaka (fantail): https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/fant...

Send us Fan Mail This is a strange one. Simon and Lee talk about the death of Simon's mother Gabrielle, eulogies, and racism. These things are not connected. Also, Simon's recording crackles in sadness (or something went wrong with his setup). Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): King Lear and Cordelia (more than words can wie...

Send us Fan Mail Simon thinks he might be losing his sense of humour. Lee comes to the rescue. One of them cries into his beer. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Aotearoa Pale Ale: https://www.tuatarabrewing.co.nz/beer/aotearoa-pale-ale/ Jenny Morris "Aotearoa": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phJ1kOBhQfM The Three Marriage...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about a shaky landing, get lost in a sea of terrible old movies, then discuss apologies. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Text message from Air New Zealand regarding the weather: http://skellis.net/midlifing/weather Video of airplanes landing at Wellington airport (not for the fainthearted): https...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk tattoos and shame. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): demob: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demob ASMR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASMR mukbang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukbang Simon's waffle podcast setup: http://skellis.net/midlifing/waffle shame: https://en.wikipedia.org...

Send us Fan Mail Introducing Lear B. Miller. Simon and Lee try to have a regular conversation but Simon's state of disrepair gets in the way. Eventually they talk about his blue wrist band of freedom. Confused? Yes, so are they. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Frances Haugen (Facebook whistleblower): https://en.wikipedia.org/w...

Send us Fan Mail Simon leaves the Wild West and Lee leaves a party: COVID, isolation, and panic attacks. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Feijoa Frenzy: https://www.newworld.co.nz/shop/product/5012429_ea_000nw MIQ: https://www.miq.govt.nz ET: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial ET lockdown scene (MIQ in NZ is no...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about being caught between bureaucracy and grief when a previously imagined scenario becomes real. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Rosemary Lee (choreographer): https://www.artsadmin.co.uk/profiles/rosemary-lee/ Raymond Tallis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Tallis MIQ: https://www.miq.gov...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee are asked to talk about conspiracy theories but take a long time to get to them, and then realise they have very little skin in the game (but for very different reasons). They end up at self-consciousness and not changing anything. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): sonhos: http://portuguesediner.com/tia...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee try to talk about food and what food means. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Curious about the Queen tweeting bit?: https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1436820368514338818 Food poverty in the UK: https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/food-poverty.html La cucina povera: http://www.scordo.com/food/la-cucina...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about attitudes and habits towards the body in decline. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): winnowing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnowing picked up the ball and ran with it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis gender theory: https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-a...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee struggle with a question about who carries other people's emotions, who doesn't, and why this is so. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Steve Jobs' 2005 commencement speech at Stanford (not his resignation letter): https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/ Succession (TV Series): h...